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May 18 1926.

0. N; MINER TABLE Filed Sept. 11, 1925 INVENTOR Ckaries 17 Miner WITNESSES v We W 6 ATTORNEYS Patented May 18, 1926.

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Application filed September 1191925.

My invention relates to improvements in tables of the following type ofconstruction and it consists in the combinations, constructions andarrangements herein described and claimed.

More particularly described, the invention contemplates the provision ofa table of the type having supporting members swingingly attached to thetable top and swingable from active position at right angles to theplane of the table top to in active position close to the underside ofthe table top.

An object of. the invention is the provision in a table of the characterdescribed of novel, simple and quickly adjustable bracing means forreleasably holding the swingable supporting members in active positionsand substantially rigid with the table top.

A further object of the invention is the provision in a table of thecharacter described of brace members pivotally attached to the swingablesupporting members of the table and foldable with the supporting membersto positions close to the underside of the table top together with meansof simple construction for holding the folded brace members clampedagainst the table top when the supporting members are in inactivepositions and for securing the brace members to the table top; so as toprevent folding of the brace member and the supporting members towardthe table top when the supporting members of the table are in activepositions.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing description, considered in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved table inset up operative position ang tilted slightly from upright position, an

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the table folded.

The improved table comprises a top 1 which may be rectangular, as shown,or may have any other desirable configuration.

A pair of parallel cross strips 2 are secured to the top 1 against theunderside of the latter and adjacent to opposite edges of the table top.

A pair of supporting members 3 are at- Serial' No. 55,796.

tached by hinges 4; to the under side of the table top close to strips 2to swing about axes parallel to the strips 2 from active positions atright angles to the table top as shown in Fig. 1 to inactive positionsagainst the under side of the table top shown in Fig. 2.

Each of the supporting members 3 preferably comprises a pair of legs 5connected adjacent to their ends by a cross bar 6 and connectedintermediate their ends by second cross bar 7. The hinges4iaforementioned are attached to the inner sides of the inner endportions of the legs 5 and the cross bars 6 and 7 are secured to theouter faces of the legs The cross bars 6 abut the inner edges of thestrips 2 when the supporting members 3 are in active positions and thuscooperate with the strips 2 and the table top to hold the supportingmembers against swinging outwardly from positions to extend at rightangles to the table top.

The respective supporting members 3 attached to the table top so thatthe ends of corresponding legs 5 of the two supporting members may bedisposed in juxtaposed relation to each other in the same plane andclose to the under side of the table top when the supporting members arein inactive position as shown in Fig. 2.

The invention provides brace bars 8 for the supporting members 3. Eachbrace bar 8 has the outer end portion thereof formed to produce a hingemember 9 which is attached by a pintle 10 to a cooperating hinge plate11 which is secured to the inner face of the cross bar 7 of theassociated supporting member 3 intermediate the length of said cross bar7. The brace bars 8 thus are attached to the supporting members 3 toswing about axes parallel to the axes of swinging movement of thesupporting members 3. The respective brace bars 8 have the inner endportions thereof bent laterally at 12, the laterally bent end portion 12of each brace bar being turned toward the other brace bar so that thelaterally turned end portions 12 of the brace bars will overlap at theapproximate center of the table top when the supporting members 3 aredisposed at rightangles to the table top. These lapped or superposedlaterally turned end portions 12 of the brace bars have alined openings13 for the reception of an anchoring stud 1 1 which is fixed in thetable top and depends from the center of the latter.

A short bar 15 is attached at one end by a flexible link 16 to an eyemember 17 which also is fixed in the table top at a slight distancelaterally of the center of the table top. 'lhe bar 15 has an openingintermediate its length for the reception of the extending end portionof the stud and thus is adapted to serve as a spacing member when a wingnut 18 is screwed on the end portion of the stud to position to clampthe bar 15 and the superposed inner end portions 12 of the brace barsagainst the underside of the table top. The brace bars thus will be heldin positions to hold the supporting members 3 against swinging lromactive positions as shown in Fig. 1. hen desired, the wing nut 18 can beremoved and the bar 15 and the brace bars 8 then canbe disen gaged fromthe stud 14:. The supporting members 3 then can be swung to positions tolie close to the under -t'ace Oil the table top and the brace bars 8then will be positioned close to the table top between the legs 5 ofthesupporting members 3 and in the plane of said legs, asshown in Fig. 2.

The bar 15-then may be swung across the brace bars 8 and again engagedwith the stud 14, after which the bar 15 will function to clamp thebrace bars firmly to the table top when the nut 18 is screwed: on thestud 14 to position to tighten the bar 15 against the brace bars 8 andthe brace bars 8' against the table top. The brace bars 8 and thesupporting members 3 then will be held securely, although releasably ininactive positions against t-hetable top and the folded table will takeup but relatively little space and can be readily stored or carried fromplace to place.

Obviously, the invention is susceptible of embodiment in forms otherthan that which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and Itherefore considel. as my own all such modifications and adaptationsthereol as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim A table con'lprising a top, a pair of supporting members hingedto the top, a pair of brace bars for the supporting members each bracebar being hinged at its outer end to the associated supporting men'ibersand the brace bars having the inner end portions thereof bent laterallyto overlap at the center of the table top, said lapped portions of thebrace bars having alined openings, a pendant stud fixed to the table topat the center of the latter, said stud being adapted to extend throughthe openings in the'lapped end portions of the brace bars, a barswingingly suspended at one end from the table top between said stud anda side edge of the table top and having an opening intermediate itslength for the reception of the pendant end portion ofthe stud, and anut in threaded engagement with the stud for preventing displacement ofthe bar from the stud, said bar being of sullicient length to clamp saidbrace bars against the under side of the table top when the brace barshave been disengaged from the stud' and the supporting members and thebrace bars have been folded to positions to lie close to the under sideof th table top.

CHARLES N. MINER.

